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Hound of Heaven, The
General Info
Year: 1988 / 1993
Duration: c. 20:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: James Syler
Cost: Score and Parts - $195.00 | Score Only - $60.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo (doubling Flute III)
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon (optional)
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Solo Antiphonal B-flat Trumpet
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
B-flat Cornet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Piano
Cello (optional)
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Brake Drum
- Crash Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Gong (or Tam-tam, large)
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal (large)
- Triangle (2)
- Tubular Bells (or Chimes)
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This program symphony in six movements is based on the poem of the same name by British poet Francis Thompson. It features a solo antiphonal trumpet and an eclectic use of style to emphasize the poem's drama. Minimalism, 12-tone writing, post-romanticism, tonality and atonality exist side by side and are held together by the works melodic throughline. This is an extended serious work for mature ensembles.
-Program Note by composer
Awards
- National Band Association William D. Revelli Award 1993, winner
- Arnald Gabriel Award 1993, winner
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Washburn University (Topeka, Kan.) Wind Ensemble (Mark A. Norman, conductor) - 26 March 2012 (CBDNA 2012 Southwestern Division Conference, Austin, Tx.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
- Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
- Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
All Wind Works
- Blue-Bop (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- A Blue Streak (2010)
- Cantique (2012)
- Congo Square (2016)
- Country Bandstand (2002)
- Fantasia on Brother James' Air (2023)
- Fantasia on "Silent Night" (2011)
- Fields (1994)
- Galop (as transcriber) (c. 1909/2013)
- Gearbox (2009)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1854/2020)
- The Harmonious Blacksmith (as arranger) (1720/2020)
- Hocus Pocus (2013)
- The Hound of Heaven (1988)
- Hymn for Emmanuel (2015)
- Love Among the Ruins (2016)
- Mam-Blu (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
- Minton's Playhouse (1994)
- O Magnum Mysterium (1996)
- The Road Not Taken (Flex instrumentation) (1993/2020)
- Scintilla (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Seasons (2022)
- Silent Shadows to the Last (2017)
- Sinfonietta (2012)
- Storyville (1996)
- Suite Argentine (2020)
- Suite Louisiane (2018)
- Symphony No. 1, “Blue” (1999)
- Symphony No. 2 (2019)
- Tattoo (2005)
- The Temptation of St. Anthony (2014)
- Wu Xing (2016)
Resources
- James Syler website
- Miles, Richard B. 2000. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 3. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 500-505.
- Syler, J. (1993). The Hound of Heaven [score]. Ballerbach: San Antonio, Tx.